Is this true?? and something I should take action on??

[a kennedy]

The passwords for your “amazon.com” account and 4 others have appeared in a data leak, putting your accounts at high risk of compromise. Safari can help you re-secure your accounts.

[marble falls]

1. I use any excuse to change a password.

[a kennedy]

2. Ok, how do I know what 4 other accounts are possibly compromised? and thanks.

[marble falls]

8. You don't need to know which ones were compromised, but you can assume they have ...

... something to do with Amazon, change the accounts from where you might use a credit card or might lead to other information: Amazon, EBay, PayPal, e-mail, etc.

[woodsprite]

3. I would just go and change my passwords.

I know it's a pain in the butt, but when we had a major security breach at work, I changed all my passwords to all my accounts (not just work accounts). Previously, I had several that I rotated through, but I changed each one to be unique. There are still a handful that I kept my standard lower security ones (accts that I share with the kids and hubby), but they don't have payment or email associated with them at all.

[FreepFryer]

4. Scam. Don't interact with it or other pop ups.

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252640612

For details:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204759

[FreepFryer]

5. Try putting any error or message u see in quotes and googling it. The result was the link I posted.

[patphil]

9. I get a call about once a week claiming to be from Amazon about a suspicious charge on my acct.

It's a scam; easily checked by just looking at your Amazon account.
Never give out any information to these guys.

[TwilightZone]

13. It's not necessarily a scam. Safari has a function to check if passwords are compromised.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212195

[FreepFryer]

14. Probably a scam if it was a pop up, but good to check Settings - Passwords and Accounts

Just in case.

[Shermann]

6. It rarely hurts to change passwords

I say rarely as password changes can create opportunities to expose them. This can result from threats like keyloggers and cameras and man-in-the-middle attacks.

Mitigate those threats and change them.

I use random password generator websites. There can be risks with those I suppose, run them in your browser private mode.

[Iggo]

7. With something like that, I jus go to the source (Amazon) and change it there.

I get messages like that every now and then about my Apple account. I immediately close the email, go to Apple, log in there, and then change my password. If I got that message about Amazon, I’d do the same, go to Amazon and change it there.

(I’m also the guy who answers No when asked if I want safari to remember this password for me.)

[ananda]

10. Ignore the message itself. And it never hurts..

to just change your pw's.

[Shermann]

11. Also never use links in emails to change passwords as a reminder

Use a trusted link like from your browser favorites.

[TwilightZone]

12. Safari has a function that checks to see if passwords are compromised.

It's possible that these messages are that function in action. I would recommend changing the passwords.

Info from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212195

[Patterson]

15. Scam.